Thursday's letters: Hagan’s hypocrisy

Published: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 7:40 p.m.

To the editor: Congratulations to the N.C. Senate for passing HB695, which protects women’s health. What I don’t understand is why U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is so rabidly opposed to the bill’s provisions designed to prevent a “Kermit Gosnell-like” house of horrors in N.C.

She says the Senate “pulled a fast one” on women’s health. Maybe she was just too busy to read the bill, or maybe she is sold out to ideology over public interest. Maybe her love of this great country and its people has taken a back seat to her love of politics and her party loyalty.

A lot of surgery goes on in abortion clinics. Why shouldn’t the state expect them to meet similar licensing standards as ambulatory surgical centers?

Why would she be opposed to requiring physicians to be present during the entire abortion? How does prohibiting sex-selective abortions rate as a “fast one”?

I know folks will say she was just protesting the process, but right or wrong, it’s the same process her party uses quite regularly. Does that mean you think she’s a hypocrite? Well, you may have a point there.

Merry Guy

Hendersonville

It’s a disgrace

To the editor: A primary responsibility of this government is defense. Currently we are busy in nation-building in countries whose people hate us.

Our young people who volunteer for military service in the Reserve or National Guard are sent multiple times to war zones, where their lives can be ruined.

Our so-called government intends to honor them by cutting their pay 20 percent. This is a disgrace, any you way you cut it.

<p>To the editor: Congratulations to the N.C. Senate for passing HB695, which protects women’s health. What I don’t understand is why U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan is so rabidly opposed to the bill’s provisions designed to prevent a Kermit Gosnell-like house of horrors in N.C.</p><p>She says the Senate pulled a fast one on women’s health. Maybe she was just too busy to read the bill, or maybe she is sold out to ideology over public interest. Maybe her love of this great country and its people has taken a back seat to her love of politics and her party loyalty.</p><p>A lot of surgery goes on in abortion clinics. Why shouldn’t the state expect them to meet similar licensing standards as ambulatory surgical centers?</p><p>Why would she be opposed to requiring physicians to be present during the entire abortion? How does prohibiting sex-selective abortions rate as a fast one?</p><p>I know folks will say she was just protesting the process, but right or wrong, it’s the same process her party uses quite regularly. Does that mean you think she’s a hypocrite? Well, you may have a point there.</p><p><em>Merry Guy</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>It’s a disgrace</h3>
<p>To the editor: A primary responsibility of this government is defense. Currently we are busy in nation-building in countries whose people hate us.</p><p>Our young people who volunteer for military service in the Reserve or National Guard are sent multiple times to war zones, where their lives can be ruined.</p><p>Our so-called government intends to honor them by cutting their pay 20 percent. This is a disgrace, any you way you cut it.</p><p>Some major changes are needed now.</p><p><em>Robert Jones</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p>